Western Switzerland
Vaud
Nyon District

Begnins

Begnins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in . It belongs to the wine-producing area of La Côte.
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  • Type: Village with 1,340 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Begnins VD” and “CH5704”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Luins Castle and Gland railway station.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of of the Canton of Vaud in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It was purchased by James-Alexandre de Pourtalès in 1809.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Railway station
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, is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez line of Chemin de fer Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyon and Gland.

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is a small town on the western shore of , . The Romans who founded the settlement in the 1st century BC called it Noviodunum. Today you can visit a few Roman ruins and a Roman museum.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in . The city also is home to the IUCN and WWF headquarters.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of in .

Begnins

Latitude
46.4411° or 46° 26′ 28″ north
Longitude
6.2493° or 6° 14′ 57″ east
Population
1,340
Elevation
624 metres (2,047 feet)
Open location code
8FR8C6RX+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240076930
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285180
Wiki­data ID
Q43251
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Begnins” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Begnins”
  • Basque: “Begnins”
  • Breton: “Begnins”
  • Catalan: “Begnins”
  • Cebuano: “Begnins (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Begnins”
  • Chinese: “贝尼安”
  • Czech: “Begnins”
  • Dutch: “Begnins”
  • Esperanto: “Begnins”
  • Finnish: “Begnins”
  • French: “Begnins VD”
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  • German: “Begnins VD”
  • German: “Begnins”
  • Hungarian: “Begnins”
  • Irish: “Begnins”
  • Italian: “Begnins VD”
  • Italian: “Begnins”
  • Lombard: “Begnins”
  • Luxembourgish: “Begnins”
  • Malay: “Begnins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Begnins”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Begnins”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Begnins”
  • Polish: “Begnins”
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  • Romanian: “Begnins”
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  • Spanish: “Begnins”
  • Swedish: “Begnins”
  • Swiss German: “Begnins”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Begnins”
  • Turkish: “Begnins”
  • Ukrainian: “Беньєн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Begnins”
  • Venetian: “Begnins”
  • Volapük: “Begnins”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Begnins”
  • “Begnins”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bibliothèque de Begnins and Salle de Fleuri.

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